Strong to the Finish (Spinach Optional)

The Lame Duck was and is the injured duck who can no longer keep up with the flock and has become a target for predators. A burning bridge is…well…a burning bridge and you neither want to be on it or the cause of it.

In the 19th century, the term Lame Duck began to be used for an official approaching the end of a term who had very limited political power. The Lame Duck is often accused of taking his proverbial foot off of the gas because he can’t get much accomplished. Put the words Lame Duck with Burning Bridge, however, and it sounds like Jackie Chan just entered the building. It makes for an exciting image.

I’m currently in the process of leaving one career and attempting a new one (actually the same one just under a different guise). But the last thing I want is to finish like a chump – a word used throughout the years to refer to a foolish person. Only a chump leaves his job with guns blazing in a tirade of apathy and contempt.

Basketball taught me how to win and I’m still learning how to lose with class but leaving one job, team, organization, etc. for another means doing so with dignity. Strong to the “finich.”